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manage the impact of future growth in the eight areas of concern, which include envi onmental quality, housing, jobs and the economy, land use and urban form, parks and open spa e, public safety, public facilities, services and infrastructure, and transportation. "It's time to make choices," according to Allen Lowe, City of Eugene Planne and study manager. "We could expand the urban growth boundary or leave it alone; we could ffer financial incentives to stimulate creation of new jobs--or not; we could put even mor energy into making bicycling, walking and bus use more convenient and less expensive--or t. It all depends on the choices people prefer." Ed Weeks, manager of the University of Oregon-based Deliberative Democra y Project, designed and pre-tested the survey and will use it in small group discussions at the fo ms. He believes the survey makes the trade-offs very apparent: "When we ask people about g owth, it becomes apparent pretty readily that they aren't acknowledging the either/or choicest at exist. For example, people sometimes want to expand the urban growth boundary to create ore developable land, but they don't want longer drives and more congested streets." We ks says the survey presents choices in a way that lets the respondent see the connections. The City printed over 60,000 copies of the survey publication and will distrib to them as inserts in the Register Guard on Monday, November 11th, and the Eugene Weekly ne spaper on Thursday, November 14th. Additional copies are available in community centers and at the library. Lowe said getting the surveys out this way was a lot less expensive than tryin to mail i one to every resident and property owner. Completed surveys must be returned to the City by December 2nd. Or respon ents can bring the survey to a community forum. The first forum is scheduled Tuesday, Nove ber 19, 2